Chelsea Peretti  | |
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|   Peretti in 2013  | |
| Born | February 20, 1978  Oakland, California, U.S.  | 
| Alma mater | Barnard College | 
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 | 
| Relatives | Jonah Peretti (brother) | 
| Comedy Career | |
| Years active | 1998–present | 
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| Website |  chelseaperetti | 
Chelsea Peretti (born February 20, 1978) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She portrayed Gina Linetti in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and has written for various TV series, including Parks and Recreation , Saturday Night Live and Kroll Show . [1]
Peretti was born on February 20, 1978, in Oakland, California, to Amanda Cherkin, a schoolteacher, and Gene Peretti, a criminal defense lawyer and painter. [2] [3] Her father is of Italian and English descent, and her mother is Jewish. Her step-mother was African-American. [4] [5] She was raised in Oakland. [6] She has an older brother, internet entrepreneur Jonah Peretti, co-founder of BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post . [7] [8] Chelsea Peretti attended The College Preparatory School in Oakland. She moved to New York City in 1996 to attend Barnard College of Columbia University, [6] [9] during which time (in her junior year) she took a study year abroad to Royal Holloway, University of London. [10] She graduated in 2000. [11] [12] [13] She attended elementary school with her Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Andy Samberg and junior high school with comedian Moshe Kasher. [14]
Peretti has written for The Village Voice , Details , Playgirl , Jest, and American Theatre Magazine , as well as online publications including The Huffington Post . [15]
After moving to Los Angeles, Peretti made appearances on programs such as Kroll Show , Louie , The Sarah Silverman Program , World's Dumbest... , and Tosh.0 . She appeared as a guest correspondent on one episode of Lopez Tonight , interviewing local citizens about Prop 8. [16]
Peretti is credited as a story editor on the fourth season of Parks and Recreation from 2011 to 2012. [17]
From 2013 until 2019, Peretti was a series regular on NBC's detective/police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine , playing Gina Linetti, until she announced her departure from the show in October 2018. [18] [19] Her departure episode was "Four Movements." [20] She returned later in the season in a guest appearance, in "Return of the King," which premiered May 2, 2019. [21] She also returned for the two-part finale.
While in New York, Peretti made short films with Variety SHAC, a comedy troupe she formed in 2004 with Andrea Rosen, Heather Lawless, and Shonali Bhowmik. [6]
She has made several guest appearances on podcasts, including Doug Loves Movies , How Did This Get Made? , WTF with Marc Maron , You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes , The Todd Glass Show , The Lavender Hour, The Bone Zone with Brendon Walsh and Randy Liedtke , and Comedy Bang! Bang! In October 2012, Peretti launched her own call-in podcast, Call Chelsea Peretti. [22]
In July 2010, Peretti made Variety magazine's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2010" list. [11] Paste ranked her Twitter account #75 on "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014." [23]
On April 21, 2020, Peretti released an EP titled Foam and Flotsam, a musical comedy concept album about coffee. [24] She created the music in collaboration with Kool Kojak, and the songs feature guests Reggie Watts, Terry Crews, and Juliette Lewis. [24] In tandem with the EP, Peretti also released two accompanying music videos: "Late" [25] and "Oatmilk." [26] Her music style is described as "whimsical yet depressive...[slamming] you into a wall and then [sliding] you up that wall and [releasing] you into a new galaxy." [27]
Peretti began dating comedian and filmmaker Jordan Peele in 2013. They got engaged in November 2015. [28] On April 26, 2016, Peretti announced that she and Peele had eloped. [29] They have a son, who was born in 2017. [30]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Twisted Fortune | Rachel | |
| 2011 | Guy Talk | Girl | |
| 2016 | Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Brunette CMZ Reporter | |
| 2018 | Game Night | Glenda | |
| 2019 | Spinster | Gaby | |
| 2020 | The Photograph | Sara Rodgers | |
| Friendsgiving | Claire | ||
| 2021 | Sing 2 | Suki Lane | Voice [31] | 
| 2023 | Cora Bora | Laurie | |
| First Time Female Director | Sam Clifford | Also director, writer, and producer | 
| Year | Show | Role | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Comedy Lab | Eugene's Friend | Episode: "12:21" | 
| 2006 | Cheap Seats | Shonda | Episode: "Evel Kneival" | 
| 2008–2013 | World's Dumbest... | Herself | 88 episodes | 
| 2009 | Bobby Bottleservice | Writer  Episode: "T-Shirt Ideas for Jersey Shore"  | |
| 2010 | Louie | Date | Episode: "Pilot" | 
| The Sarah Silverman Program | Becky | Writer  Episode: "Smellin' of Troy"  | |
| WTF with Marc Maron | Writer  TV movie  | ||
| 2011 | Comedy Central Presents | Herself | Writer  Episode: "Chelsea Peretti"  | 
| 2011–2012 | Parks and Recreation | Zelda | Episode: "Live Ammo"  Writer (2 episodes) Story editor (season 4)  | 
| 2011–2013 | China, IL | Crystal Peppers / Kim Buckett | Voice, 14 episodes | 
| Funny as Hell | Writer  2 episodes  | ||
| 2012 | The Couple | Gigi | 2 episodes | 
| Hell's Kitchen | Herself | Season 10, Episode 14 | |
| 2013 | The Greatest Event in Television History | Jackie Rush | Episode: "Too Close for Comfort" | 
| High School USA! | Superintendent Andrea Kunssler | Voice, episode: "Janitor Day" | |
| Saturday Night Live | Writer  2 episodes  | ||
| 2013–2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Delivery Woman / Trey Booth | 2 episodes | 
| Kroll Show | Herself / Various Characters | 9 episodes Writer (8 episodes) Producer (8 episodes)  | |
| 2013–2021 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Gina Linetti | Main role (seasons 1–6), guest role (season 8); 108 episodes | 
| 2014 | Key & Peele | Art Show Presenter | Episode: "Dicknanigans" | 
| 2015 | Gravity Falls | Darlene | Voice, episode: "Roadside Attraction" [31] | 
| Drunk History | Ann Druyan | Episode: "Space" | |
| 2015–2016 | The Big Fat Quiz of Everything | Herself | 2 episodes | 
| 2016 | Animals | Angela | Voice, episode: "Dogs." [31] | 
| New Girl | Gina Linetti | Episode: "Homecoming" | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Herself | Episode: "Revenge of the Queens" | |
| HarmonQuest | Deepak Chopra | Episode: "The Stone Saw Mines" | |
| 2016–2018 | Future-Worm! | Ennuisha / Mean Little Girl | Voice, 3 episodes | 
| 2017 | Girls | Chelsea | Episode: "All I Ever Wanted" | 
| Adventure Time | Queen of Ooo | Voice, episode: "Fionna and Cake and Fionna" [31] | |
| 2017–2025 | Big Mouth | Monica Foreman-Greenwald / Cellsea | Voice, 22 episodes | 
| 2018 | Alone Together | Tamra | Episode: "Pop-Up" | 
| Another Period | Reporter | Episode: "Sex Nickelodeon" | |
| Inside Jokes | Herself | 4 episodes | |
| 2018–2019 | American Dad! | Dorothy / Angie | Voice, 2 episodes | 
| 2019–2020 | The Simpsons | Piper / Lauren | Voice, 2 episodes | 
| Harvey Girls Forever | Maria | Voice, 5 episodes [31] | |
| 2019–2021 | Crank Yankers | Herself | Voice, 2 episodes | 
| 2020 | Search Party | Patsy Monahan | Episode: "The Whistleblower" | 
| 2021–2023 | The Great North | Lara Silverblatt / Abigail | Voice, 4 episodes | 
| 2022 | Nailed It! | Herself | Episode: "Slime Time" | 
| 2022–2024 | Bob's Burgers | Eleanor / Chelsea | Voice, 4 episodes | 
| 2023 | My Dad the Bounty Hunter | Pam | Voice | 
| 2023-Present | Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake | Queenie | Voice, recurring | 
| 2024 | Krapopolis | Additional Voices | Voice, episode: "A Krapwork Orange" | 
| 2025 | Am I Being Unreasonable? | Savannah | 2 episodes | 
| Year | Title | Credit | Role | Notes | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chelsea Peretti's All My Exes | Creator | Herself | 6 episodes | 
| 2014 | Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats | Writer, executive producer | Herself | Netflix special | 
| 2025 | Tab Time | Actress | Space Casey | 1 episode | 
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 
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| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Lori Williams-Jones | Voice | 
| Title | Details | 
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| Foam and Flotsam | 
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| Phosphorescent Panic | 
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| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | 
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| American Comedy Awards | 2014 | Best Comedy Supporting Actress – TV | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Nominated | [33] | 
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Nominated | [34] | 
| Webby Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Comedic Performance | Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats | Won | [35] | 
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2012 | Television: Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [36] | 
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2013 | Television: Comedy Series | Parks and Recreation | Nominated | [37] | 
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